Confederate Soldier
Marcellus Jerome Clarke was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1844.
At the age of 17 in 1861, he enlisted as M. Jerome Clarke in the 4th Kentucky Infantry, 1st Kentucky "Orphan" Brigade, Confederate States Army (CSA). While with the 4th Kentucky, Clarke was captured at Fort Donelson and later escaped from Camp Morgan. He saw action with the 4th Kentucky at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Clarke was reassigned to Morgan's Men, the unit headed by Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan. By then he was a captain. While with Morgan's Men, he took part in the famous Morgan's Raid, storming into Union territory in Kentucky and across the border into the northern states of Ohio and Indiana, which was against Morgan's orders.
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